Fourier amplitude of geopotential height
Wave 3 component of the geopotential field of each season at 200hPa.
Mean wave 3 component of geopotential height between 65°S and 35°S
Now this has some problems… yada yada yada, alternative analysis.
First 4 EOFs derived from the 200hPa geopotential zonal anomaly field between 30°S and 80°S with zonal wave 1 filtered out.
Fourier decomposition by latitude of each EOF.
PC1 to PC4 represent the principal modes of variability of the geopotential field with wavenumber greater than 1…
PC1 and PC2 both are dominated by a wave 3 pattern. They both explain an almost equal proportion of the total variance and represent a wave 3 pattern offset by 1/4 wavelength. From that, one can infer that they are degenerated modes that represent the same wave pattern and it’s meridional movement. PC3 is mainly a hemispheric scale wave 2 with a small contribution of wave 4 north of 45°S. PC4 exhibits a more complex pattern with both waves 2 and 3 contributing to the field. The result is a wave 3-ish pattern on the eastern hemisphere that affects the Atlantic and the Indian oceans but disappears over the central-south Pacific.
This result suggest that the ZW3 could be represented by a linear combination of PC1 and PC2 at the same time preserving it’s meridional propagation and zonal variation.
Monthly mean values for each PC. Colors and shapes divide months into 5 ‘seasons’.
NO VA. Clústering jerárquico. Cortando en ~0.03 se obtienen 4 clusters, y un 5to separando Abril de ASO por continuidad temporal. Confirma la validez del agrupamiento “a ojo”
An optimal (if somewhat arbitrary) division of the year can be seen in Figure X based on monthly mean values of each PC…
This division is supported by hierarchical clustering…
Notes:
Making other (still sensible) decisions lead to some differences in clustering. For example, using fields with QS1 and QS2 filtered out puts May closer to April, and December further from JFM. Not surprisingly, a similar result is achieved by using using idealized fields from the reconstructed zonal wave 3 (since higher wavenumbers explain a negligible proportion of the viariance). JFM and ASO (and it’s similarity with April), on the other hand, are robust trimesters.
This differences imply that the ZW2 might be have an important role in the variability in May and December.
JJ is a relatively robust grouping but with obviously more heterogeneous than JFM or ASO
Futhermore, removing the linear trend as well as the QS1 field results in a similar classification to the one shown, but the structure of the EOF is slightly different with less separation between wavenumbers (the zonal wave 3 is present in PC1, PC2 and PC3) and a much more asymmetric nature, with higher amplitude anomalies on the western hemisphere than the eastern in the first two PCs and the reverse on the second two. Is it as the wave activity of each hemosphere is separated this way.
Lo anterior justifica el agrupamiento de los meses que viene.
Zonal anomaly of 200hPa geopotential field with zonal wavenumber 1 filtered out. Areas with zonal wind greater than 30 m/s are hatched.
Mean geopotential zonal anomaly with zonal wave 1 filtered out between 65°S and 35°S
Zonal anomaly of 200hPa geopotential field with zonal wavenumber 1 and 2 filtered out. Areas with stationary wave number less than 3 are shaded.
Mean geopotential zonal anomaly with zonal wave 1 and 2 filtered out between 65°S and 35°S
Mean streamfunction.
Mean streamfunction with zonal wave 1 filtered out.
Mean streamfunction with waves 1 and 2 filtered out.
Amplitude of zonal wave 3 for each season defined in the text.
| season | stationarity | MA | AM |
|---|---|---|---|
| DJFM | 0.64 | 35.66 | 23.50 |
| A | 0.62 | 41.66 | 26.23 |
| MJJ | 0.52 | 45.22 | 23.90 |
| ASO | 0.54 | 44.14 | 24.04 |
| N | 0.20 | 37.18 | 6.69 |
Regression between PCs and gh.
Regression between PCs and Psi.
Regression of standarized PC with antarctic sea ice concentrations.
Regression of standarized PC with SST.
| PC | estimate | p.value |
|---|---|---|
| PC1 | -0.25 | 0.000000668 |
| PC2 | 0.13 | 0.013721337 |
Regression between OLR and PCs
Regression between precipitation and PCs
¿Qué pasa si hago EOF filtrando también la tendencia lineal?
First 4 EOFs derived from the 200hPa geopotential zonal anomaly field between 30°S and 80°S with zonal wave 1 and linear trend filtered out
Linear combination of PC1 and PC3 (PCodd) and of PC2 and PC4 (PCeven)
Fourier decomposition by latitude of each EOF.
Monthly mean values for each PC. Colors and shapes divide months into 5 ‘seasons’.
NO VA. Clústering jerárquico. Cortando en ~0.03 se obtienen 4 clusters, y un 5to separando Abril de ASO por continuidad temporal. Confirma la validez del agrupamiento “a ojo”
Linear regrssions of geopotential height (full) and geopotential height with zonal wave1 removed (no.1)
La tendencia lineal del geopotencial total es positiva al norte de 60°S y negativa al sur. Probablemente represente la migración de la rama descendente de la celda de Hadley.